March 08, 2021 - Page 2

Team Giannis players wear the late Kobe Bryant's No. 24 and Team LeBron players wear No. 2 in honor of his daughter Gianna during the NBA All-Star Game in Chicago on Feb. 16, 2020. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

NBA All-Star Game Raises $3M to Support HBCUs

By Amir Vera and Kevin Dotson, CNN While Team LeBron defeated Team Durant 170-150 to win the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday, the real winners of the night were historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Team LeBron represented The Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Team Durant played for the United Negro College Fund. Both funds

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White House Pushes Vaccine Equity Amid Rollout Challenges

By Jasmine Wright and Naomi Thomas, CNN The White House coronavirus task force coordinator on Sunday wouldn’t set a timeline on when Americans can expect to be vaccinated following President Joe Biden‘s announcement last week that the US would have enough Covid-19 vaccine doses for every adult by the end of May. “The first step

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Senate Passes Biden’s $1.9T Covid Relief Plan After Debate

By Manu Raju, Clare Foran, Ted Barrett and Alex Rogers, CNN The Senate passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan on Saturday, after an all-night “vote-a-rama” and a 12-hour struggle to get one Democrat to support the party’s plan on a critical issue. The vote was 50 to 49 on a party-line vote.

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